Editing ABC Signature (section)

{{Short description|Former American television production company}}
{{About|the studio previously operated as the first incarnation of Touchstone Television from 1985 until 2007|the second incarnation of Touchstone Television previously operated as Fox 21 Television Studios from 2014 to 2020|Touchstone Television}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox company
| name = ABC Signature
| logo = ABC Signature 2020.svg
| logo_caption = Final logo, used from 2020 to 2024
| image = Disney studios burbank abc building riverside.jpg
| image_size = 
| image_caption = The studio building on the Walt Disney Studios [[Riverside Drive (Los Angeles)|Riverside Drive]] property in [[Burbank, California]]
| former_name = {{Plain list|
* Walt Disney Network Television (1983–2003)
* Touchstone Television (first incarnation, 1985–2007)
* ABC Studios (2007–2020)
* ABC Signature Studios (2013–2020)
}}
| type = In-name-only unit of [[Disney Television Studios]]
| industry = [[Production company|Television production]]<br>[[Home video]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|1950}}
| defunct = {{End date and age|2024|10|1}}
| fate = Folded into [[20th Television]]
| successor = [[20th Television]]
| hq_location_city = [[Burbank, California]]
| hq_location_country = U.S.
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{ubl|Tracy Underwood ([[President (corporate title)|president]])|Josh Sussman ([[Executive vice president|EVP]], Business Affairs)}}
| owner = 
| parent = [[Disney Television Studios]]
}}

'''ABC Signature'''<ref name="ABCSignatureRename">{{Cite news|last=Low |first=Elaine|date=August 10, 2020|title=Disney Rebrands TV Studios, 20th Century Fox TV to Become 20th Television|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/disney-rebrands-tv-studios-20th-television-abc-signature-touchstone-1234730574/|work=[[variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|access-date=August 10, 2020}}</ref> was a production arm of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], which is a subsidiary of [[Disney Television Studios]], a sub-division of the [[Disney Entertainment]] business segment and division of [[The Walt Disney Company]]. The studio's banner was also used by [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] for its distribution of the studio's shows on [[home video]] starting 2008.

Established in 1950 as the television unit of the company under the name '''Walt Disney Productions''', it was renamed '''Walt Disney Network Television''' in 1983 and was merged with a separate studio known as the first incarnation of '''Touchstone Television''', which was established in 1985. Disney rebranded the studio as '''ABC Studios''' in 2007 in an in-house push to drop secondary brands. It was then renamed to '''ABC Signature''' on August 10, 2020, after it merged with another separate studio, '''ABC Signature Studios'''.<ref name="ABCSignatureRename"/> It was dissolved on October 1, 2024 and folded into [[20th Television]], which had been [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquired by Disney]] in 2019.